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DONS SAN FRANCISCO VS GOLDEN BEARS CALIFORNIA 0-3 (0-1 Pac-12) 0-2 (0-0 WCC) 2020-21 SCHEDULE Thursday, December 10, 2020 6:00 p.m. PT 2020-21 Overall: 0-3• Pac-12: 0-1 Home: 0-3 • Away: 0-0 • Neutral: 0-0 Haas Pavilion Cal Live Stream DATE OPPONENT TIME (PT) Nov. 25 San Jose State L 56-48 Nov. 29 Cal State Bakersfield L 60-52 NON-CONFERENCE FINALE Dec. 4 Washington* L 80-53 Dec. 6 Washington State* POSTPONED Dec. 10 San Francisco 6pm Cal’s six freshmen continue to play a big part in the Bears’ 2020-21 Dec. 13 #1 Stanford* 7pm campaign. In their most recent matchup against Washington, the fresh- Dec. 19 at UCLA* TBD men Bears combined for 123 (61 percent) of Cal’s 200 minutes. Alto- Dec. 21 at USC* TBD Jan. 1 at Arizona State* TBD gether, they are averaging 24.1 minutes per game while forward Dalayah Jan. 3 at Arizona* TBD Daniels and guard Ornela Muca are logging an average 35.0 and 30.7 Jan. 8 Oregon State* TBD minutes respectively. Both have started each of the Bears’ three games Jan. 10 Oregon* TBD thus far while five of the six have made a start. Daniels leads the team Jan. 15 at Colorado* TBD Jan. 17 at Utah* TBD in both rebounds (8.3 per game) and steals (four overall) and is tied with Jan. 22 USC* TBD freshman center Sela Heide for the team lead with three blocks. Jan. 24 UCLA* TBD Jan. 29 at Washington State* TBD Jan. 31 at Washington* TBD Cal has also been playing clean basketball in the season’s first three Feb. 5 Utah* TBD games, committing the nation’s second-fewest personal fouls per game Feb. 7 Colorado* TBD (11.0) which is also ranked first in the Pac-12. The Bears collected just Feb. 12 at Oregon* TBD Feb. 14 at Oregon State* TBD seven personal foul on November 29’s matchup against CSU Bakers- Feb. 19 Arizona* TBD field and the Roadrunners shot just one free throw. In fact, only six op- Feb. 21 Arizona State* TBD posing players have stood at the free throw line against Cal this season Feb. 28 at Stanford* TBD and just one player each for San Jose State and CSU Bakersfield. The Mar. 4-7 Pac-12 Tournament% TBD * Pac-12 Conference game Bears have been strong on the offensive glass as well this season, av- % 2021 Pac-12 Tournament (Las Vegas, NV) eraging 14.7 offensive rebounds which is ranked second in the confer- Home games in bold are played at Haas Pavilion ence. All times are PT and subject to change Thursday marks the 36th matchup between Cal and USF. The Bears lead the all-time series 26-9 with Cal defeating the Dons in their most recent matchup on November 25, 2016 (75-52) in Berkeley. BEARS BY THE NUMBERS FAST FACTS Cal’s six freshmen are averaging 24.1 minutes per game while Daniels and COACHING STAFF Head Coach ..................................... Charmin Smith 24.1 Muca are logging an average of 35.0 and 30.7 respectiveley ..... (2nd season as head coach; 14th season at Cal) .......................................................Stanford, 1997 Assistant Coach .................... Kai Felton (10th season) Cal is ranked second in the country in fewest personal fouls per game with ...........................................Randolph-Macon, 2000 Assistant Coach ..........Wendale Farrow (Fifth season) 11.0 (first in the Pac-12) ..........................................Eastern Michigan, 2009 2 Assistant Coach ................April Phillips (2nd season) ...........................................................Xavier, 2010 The Bears 14.7 offensive rebounds per game are ranked second in the Pac- 14.7 12 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Athletic Communications ..................... Stephen Ellis Email [email protected] Five of the Bears’ six freshmen have made a start this season and two have Cell ..................................................510-631-8313 started all three games. Mailing Address ........ 343 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA 5 ................................................................... 94720 DECEMBER 4 • CAL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS WASHINGTON INSIDE THE SERIES BEAR ESSENTIALS Series record: Bears lead, 26-9 INSIDE THE SERIES UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Last Meeting: November 25, 2016 Location ............................... Berkeley, Calif. Cal won, 75-52 Founded ............................................ 1868 Enrollment ...................................... 42,519 SCOUTING THE DONS Nickname ...............................Golden Bears University of San Francisco is 0-2 to begin Colors .................Blue (282) and Gold (123) Series record: Cal leads 26-9 Affiliation ............................. NCAA Division I the 2020-21 season, dropping contests Conference .................................. Pacific-12 to UC Davis and Oregon State. However LAST SEASON Chancellor ............................. Carol T. Christ in their most recent matchup in Corvallis, Date ................Result .......................Location Director of Athletics ................. Jim Knowlton the Dons played the Beavers close (who 11/25/16 ....... W, 75-52 .............Berkeley, CA Senior Women’s Administrator ..................... were ranked No. 17 at the time), finish- .....................................Jenny Simon-O’Neill Ticket Office Phone ................800-GO-BEARS ing within 10 points (89-80). In the loss, Official Web Site ..............www.CalBears.com freshman guard Ionna Krimili scored a TEAM STATS Facility (Capacity) ......Haas Pavilion (11,877) game-high 27 points while shooting 70.0 Cal .............................................................UW PPG percent (7-for-10) – all three pointers. 51.0 ............................ ....................... 77.5 65.3........................Opp PPG ...................85.5 PROGRAM HISTORY It was her second 20-point game this 39.3............................RPG .......................36.0 First Season ..................................1973-74 season and second time she’s made six NCAA Tournament Appearances ............... 14 34.2..........................FG pct .....................40.9 or more three-point field goals in a con- 21.1 ......................3-pt FG pct .................48.0 ..1990, ‘92, ‘93, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘12, ‘13, test. Krimili ranks second in the nation .................................. ‘14, ‘15, ‘17,’18, ‘19 72.2.......................... FT pct .....................69.7 Best NCAA Tournament Showing .... Final Four in made three-point field goals per game 8.3 ........................ Assists PG .................14.5 ....................................................... (2013) (6.50 per contest). She is also tied for 5.3 ......................... Steals PG .................... 5.5 Last NCAA Appearnace .....2019 (2nd Round) 13th with 13 triples, and her 72.7 three- 21.7 .................... Turnovers PG ...............11.5 ................................................... (L, Baylor) point field goal percentage ranks 14th 3.0 .........................Blocks PG .................... 1.0 Best WNIT Showing ......... Champions (2010) in the country. For her efforts against OSU, she was named West Coast Confer- TEAM INFORMATION ence Freshman of the Week on Monday. 2020-21 Overall Record ..........................0-2 Home ....................................................0-2 Sophomore forward Julia Nielacna (18) Away ....................................................0-0 and sophomore guard Marta Galic (12) Neutral ..................................................0-0 also finished with double-digit points for 2019-20 Pac-12 Record (Finish) ..3-15 (12th) the Dons. 2019-20 Pac-12 Tournament Finish ............... .................................Second Rd (L, Arizona) 2019-20 Postseason ............N/S (Canceled) Krimili’s 24.5 points per game lead the Letterwinners Returning/Lost .................6/6 team while sophomore guard Amalie Starters Returning/Lost .........................1/4 Langer is second with 12.5. As a team, USF is averaging 77.5 points per game COACHING STAFF with a 40.9 field goal percentage and a Head Coach ......Charmin Smith (2nd season) .........................(14th season overall at Cal) 48.0 percent success rate from three- ........................................... Stanford, 1997 point range (seventh in the nation). The Record at Cal (Seasons) ................12-19 (1) Dons are also ranked 23rd in fewest turn- Overall Record (Seasons) ....................12-19 overs per game with an average of 11.5. Assistant Coach ....... Kai Felton (10th season) ............................... Randolph-Macon, 2000 2020-21 SAN FRANCISCO DONS Assistant Coach ...................Wendale Farrow ........ (Fifth season; Eastern Michigan, 2009) NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL Assistant Coach .... April Phillips (2ndseason) 1 Rain Sheh G 5-3 Fr. San Francisco, Calif. / Urban High School ............................................... Xavier, 2010 2 Kia Vaalavirta G 5-8 Jr. Espoo, Finland / Makelanrinteen Lukio 3 Marta Galic G 6-0 RSo. Zagreb, Croatia / Sportska Gimnazija 4 Marianna Klavina G 5-9 RSo. Riga, Latvia / Riga Secondary School No. 49 5 Amalie Langer G 5-9 RSo. Rungsted, Denmark / Rungsted Gymnasium 10 Marija Galic F 6-0 Jr. Zagreb, Croatia / Sportska Gimnazija 12 Sofia Persson G 5-8 So. Arvika, Sweden / Luleå Gymnasieskola/Odessa College WE ARE CALIFORNIA 13 Lucie Hoskova G 5-10 Sr. Brno, Czech Republic/Casper College When referring to any California athletic team, 14 Jessica McDowell-White G 5-6 Jr. Brisbane, Australia / Brisbane State HS/Eastern Washington please use either “California” or “Cal” to 21 Ioanna Krimili G 5-10 RFr. Heraklion, Greece / Aristotelio College 24